Скачать с ютуб Grand Indian Hindu festival starts в хорошем качестве

Grand Indian Hindu festival starts

(15 Jan 2019) A large crowd began descending the confluence of sacred rivers in northern India early Tuesday, for the world's largest piligrimage, the Kumbh Mela festival. Organisers have projected that up to 120-million Hindu pilgrims will to travel to Prayagraj during the 21-day event. The pilgrims will bathe in the Sangam, a confluence of the Ganges, the Yamuna and the mythical Saraswati rivers and believe that doing so will cleanse them of their sins and free them of the cycle of birth and death. The river baths, prayer, meditation and yoga sessions and other religious rituals are organised by sadhus, Hinduism's holy men, and financially supported with public funds. Many pilgrims throng to the sites for a holy dip, many with little money, few provisions and nowhere to sleep. Four sites in India rotate every three years hosting the event. For this year's Kumbh festival, the Indian government shelled out an estimated 4.3 billion rupees (650 million US dollars), hoping to impress India's largely Hindu population ahead of general elections this year and draw visitors from around the world. Find out more about AP Archive: http://www.aparchive.com/HowWeWork Twitter:   / ap_archive   Facebook:   / aparchives   ​​ Instagram:   / apnews   You can license this story through AP Archive: http://www.aparchive.com/metadata/you...